Christien Wildeman

Municipal councillor Stoelinga of the city of Delft (formerly Leefbaar Delft, currently Onafhankelijk Delft) accused former alderman Baljé of the political party VVD of corruption as a result of incriminating video and sound recordings from 2004 and 2005 of the alderman having several telephone conversations. In total there are approximately four hours of video recordings. A clip of the images is published online here. Baljé summoned Stoelinga, Leefbaar Delft and the person who had made the recordings to appear in court and claimed substantial damages.

Freedom of Expression in the Political Debate
The Court of Appeal rendered its judgment in the proceedings on the merits on 16 March 2010. The Court of Appeal gave way to the freedom of speech [Read more…] about Gondola Affair – Municipal Councillor May Accuse Former Alderman of Corruption

In 1996, criminal investigators raided the activist magazine Ravage in Amsterdam, prompted by a claim letter Ravage had received about a bomb attack. At the end of 2009, Ravage reported that after more than twelve years of litigation the battle about the lawfulness of the search had been decided in favor of the State. In May 1996, criminal investigators raided the office of the then activist magazine Ravage in Amsterdam, prompted by a claim letter Ravage had received that referred to a bomb attack on [Read more…] about Search of Premises at Activist Magazine Ravage: State Wins After All

Russian Businessman Accused

In September and October of 1999 The Times published two articles concerning the Russian businessman Grigori Loutchansky. He and his company Nordex were accused of being associated with the Russian mafia and being active in [Read more…] about Internet Archives Exposed to Liability without Time Limit? (ECHR – Times vs. UK)

Judgment of the Supreme Court, 11 July 2008 (Telegraaf/Staat)

Background

In January 2006 the De Telegraaf-reporters Joost de Haas and Bart Mos gained access to state secret files of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), [Read more…] about Supreme Court Allows Monitoring of Journalists by the State “In the Interest of National Security”

Judgment of the Court of Amsterdam, 19 March 2008
Is the Book Always Better than the Movie?
Stanley Kubrick’s movie classic The Shining featuring Jack Nicholson as the terrifying “Here’s Johnny!” could be an exception. [Read more…] about Quarrel about Movie Rights to the Book Joe Speedboot

Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 22 November 2007

 In 2000 the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, in the notorious trial against Mink K., ordered the detention of Koen Voskuil, a journalist of the daily newspaper Sp!ts, in order to compel him to reveal the identity of his source which he refused. [Read more…] about ECHR Finds the Netherlands Guilty of Violating the Journalistic Right of Non-Disclosure (Voskuil